Protect and Defend

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Protect and Defend

By: Vince Flynn

Narrated by: George Guidall

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Counterterrorist agent Mitch Rapp is on a collision course with America’s most feared enemy in this white-knuckle political thriller from “the best pure adrenaline-charged action writer out there” (The Providence Journal) and #1 New York Times bestselling author of American Assassin.

No longer willing to wait for the international community to stop its neighboring enemy, Israel brings down Iran’s billion-dollar nuclear program in an ingeniously conceived operation. The attack leaves a radioactive tomb and environmental disaster in its wake, and has Iranian president Amatullah calling for blood—American blood.

Seeing opportunity where others fear reprisals, Mitch Rapp devises a brilliant plan to humiliate Iran’s government and push the nation to the brink of revolution. But when a back-channel meeting between CIA director Irene Kennedy and her Iranian counterpart goes disastrously wrong, Rapp is locked in a showdown with a Hezbollah mastermind in league with Amatullah—and he is given twenty-four hours to do whatever it takes to stop unthinkable catastrophe. This story blends global tension, covert operations, and high-stakes suspense, perfect for readers of CIA counterterrorism novels and political thrillers set in the Middle East.©2007 Vince Flynn; (P)2007 Simon and Schuster Inc.

Espionage

Genre Fiction

Political

Spies & Politics

Suspense

Thriller & Suspense

Middle East

Iran

War

Fiction

Exciting

Scary

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"Flynn didn't invent the post-9/11 thriller, but he might as well have....[He] is the best pure adrenalin-charged action writer out there today."

-- Providence Journal

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Would you listen to Protect and Defend again? Why?

Jack reacher, john puller....mitch is up there with the best. Mean and moody, one mega hard bar-stud but surely he deserves a bit of happiness soon!

What did you like best about this story?

If you like one mitch Rapp story you'll like them all.

Have you listened to any of George Guidall’s other performances? How does this one compare?

All the same. Very good.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

It was difficult to stop at times.

Any additional comments?

When we see mitch Rapp in a film?! And who will play him? Surely NOT Tom cruise.